{"product_id":"dante-and-the-lobster-by-samuel-beckett-9780571351800","title":"Dante and the Lobster","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWell, thought Belacqua, it's a quick death, God help us all.\u003cbr\u003eIt is not.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDante and the Lobster\u003c\/em\u003e is the first of the linked short stories in Samuel Beckett's first book, \u003cem\u003eMore Pricks Than Kicks\u003c\/em\u003e. Published in 1934, its style was recognisably indebted to that of his mentor, James Joyce, and crammed with linguistic texture and allusion that Beckett later shed. The book baffled many critics and sold so few copies that several batches were pulped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDecades later, this story was hailed as the Nobel Prize-winner's earliest important work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46711204970732,"sku":"9780571351800","price":16.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11194113482391.jpg?v=1754199571","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/dante-and-the-lobster-by-samuel-beckett-9780571351800","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}